[cf. pr. Act, a.109.]
Certificates of com-
petency.
(3) The master of a ship, on signing the agreement with the crew before the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office, shall produce to him the certificates of competency which the master, mates and engineers of the ship are hereby required to hold.
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(4) The master of any British or foreign ship to which this section applies, leaving or attempting to leave any port of the Colony without having on board, and entered on the register or articles of agreement, officers possessing the certificates required by this section shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars, and the Director may refuse a port clearance in case of non- compliance with the provisions of this section.
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(5) If any ship to which this section refers leaves or attempts to leave any port of the Cotony without a clearance, the master thereof shall be liable to a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
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(6) Any person who, having been engaged in any of the capacities mentioned in this section in any such ship as aforesaid, goes to sea in that capacity without being entitled to and in possession of the required certificate, and any person who employs any person in any of the above capacities in such ship without ascertaining that he is entitled to or possessed of such certificate, shall be liable to a line of five hundred dollars.
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B. (1) Examinations shall be conducted for persons who wish to obtain certificates of competency as masters, first or (a/. pr. Act, second mates or engineers in the mercantile marine, and the 3. 94.
Governor shall by notification in the Gazette appoint an examiner or examiners for such purpose.
Geo. 5, (42)
Rules. Tables I and 2.
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(2) The Governor in Council may by rules prescribe or provide for-
(a) the procedure and method of such examination;
(b) the necessary qualifications of applicants;
(c) the subjects to be taken, or the manner in which such
subjects are to be specified;
(d) fees and forms;
(e) the method of grant of certificates and copies thereof.
[4 (11), (18) (3) When any person wishes to obtain a certificate of competency hereunder he shall apply to the Director, from whoi a copy of the rules made under this section may be obtained on payment of the prescribed fee.
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(4) The grant of a certificate of competency shall be subject to production of evidence of sobriety, experience, ability and general good conduct on board ship to the satisfaction of the Director, and the Director may refuse to accept an application for examination unless such evidence is first produced. [4(14)
(5) Certificates granted under this section shall be subject to any regulations made under any Order of Her Majesty in Council, with respect to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation and suspension of colonial certificates of competency.
7. Any person who-
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(a) makes, assists in making or procures to be made any false representation for the purpose of procuring, either for himself or for any other person, a certificate of competency; or
(b) fraudulently uses a certificate or copy of a certificate of competency which has been forged, altered, cancelled or suspended or to which he is not entitled; or
(c) fraudulently lends his certificate of competency or allows
it to be used by any other person,
shall be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars or to imprison- ment for three years.
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Forgery etc. of certificate. Pr. Act, B. 104.
8. Nothing in the previous sections or in any other enact- Certain ment shall be deemed to prevent the employment, as master or
exemptions. officer of any grade in a British ship, of the subject of any such foreign state as may be specified by the Governor in Council, if the Governor shall have granted such person a written authority to act in such capacity.
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PART [1.
ENGAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE OF CREW.
9. (1) The Governor may appoint a place to be called Mercantile the Mercantile Marine Office, at which place shall be conducted Marine all the business within the Colony connected with the engagement
Office. and discharge of seaman on board British ships and foreign ships whose flag is not represented by a consular officer resident in the Colony such ships being in the waters of the Colony. The Director shall be the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office.
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